bedw
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbɛdʊ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbeːdu/, /ˈbɛdu/
Noun edit
bedw f (collective, singulative bedwen)
Derived terms edit
- bedw arian (“silver birches”)
- bedwen Fai (“maypole”)
- bedwen haf (“maypole”)
- bedwen Ifan (“maypole”)
- bedwos (“birch grove”)
- carn y fedwen (“hoof fungus”)
- corfedw (“dwarf birches”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bedw | fedw | medw | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||